Wild Encounters Practice your understanding of French, Spanish, or English while watching a beautiful nature series! Albert Karvonen, naturalist, educator and cinematographer, has a passion for telling the stories of nature. In this award-winning series, Karvonen focuses on eight charismatic creatures with fascinating life histories. Learn about their predator-prey relationships, mating and rearing young. How do these animals survive in their harsh environment? Have they adapted themselves, or altered their habitats? The answers to these and many other questions are in Karvonen's clear, concise narration and rare footage in Wild Encounters. These DVDs are each 50 minutes, with an interactive menu with options for French, Spanish, and English audio, are Closed Captioned, and compatible with Region 1 players (United States, Canada). $89 Volume 1: Grizzly Bear and Dall Sheep Volume 2: Cougar and Bison Volume 3: Beaver and Moose Volume 4: Wolves and Caribou All Four DVDs (for a savings of $57!) $299
Wild Encounters Volume 1: Grizzly Bear and Dall Sheep Volume 2: Cougar and Bison Volume 3: Beaver and Moose Volume 4: Wolves and Caribou All Four DVDs - Package Price
With this engaging and beautiful nature series, you can practice your understanding French, Spanish, or English! Albert Karvonen, naturalist, educator and cinematographer, has a passion for telling the stories of nature. In this award-winning series, Karvonen focuses on eight charismatic creatures with fascinating life histories. Learn about their predator-prey relationships, mating and rearing young. How do these animals survive in their harsh environment? Have they adapted themselves, or altered their habitats? The answers to these and many other questions are in Karvonen's clear, concise narration and rare footage in Wild Encounters. Volume 1: Grizzly Bear and Dall Sheep explore these animals in their habitat of the windswept slops of subarctic mountains and the tundra. Volume 2: Cougar and Bison travel with the cougar on the mountains, forests and deserts of North America, and the bisons on the North American plains. Volume 3: Beaver and Moose follow the beaver through it's watery domain, and the moose in the wetlands of the North. Volume 4: Wolves and Caribou focuses on the interaction between wolves and wapati in Yellowstone and Jasper National Parks, and the caribou in the tundra and boreal forests of the North.
All DVDs are 50 minutes, with an interactive menu with options for French, Spanish, and English audio, Closed Captioned, and compatible with Region 1 players (United States, Canada). The targeted school audience is for grades 6 to adult, and the intended library audience is classifed as general interest and young adult. Tale of the Beaver (Volume 3) won the IWFF-Merit Award for Presentation of Ecosystem Relationships.
Below the Jagged Peaks The windswept slopes of the subarctic mountains are the domain of the dall sheep. This is a grand yet hostile environment in which few animals can thrive. The dall sheep have been marvelously adapted to cope with the harsh seven months of winter. Watch as they fight for dominance during mating, escape an ambush by wolves, travel several kilometers to prepare for winter, and lovingly raise their young in a hope to guarantee the continuation of their beautiful species.
Grizzly: Monarch of the Wilderness The grizzly bear, symbol of true wilderness, stands against the brilliant backdrop of autumn tundra. Few other creatures hold our imagination and awe more than these majestic bears. Fierce yet vulnerable, grizzlies have been pushed north by their need for untouched wild spaces. Journey beyond the myths and discover the real nature of the grizzly.
Wild Encounters, Volume 1 50 minutes; DVD in English/French/Spanish for Region 1 players (United States, Canada), Closed Captioned. $89
Cougar: Elusive Predator The cougar is Nature's perfect hunter, silently stalking prey from moose to mice, unchallenged atop the food chain. In mountains, forests and even deserts across North America, this shy and elusive cat lives a solitary life. Threatened by mankind, the cougar can exist only if there is wilderness where it can roam undisturbed. Explore how this superbly adapted feline rears its young while surviving in a hostile and diminishing environment.
Bison: Beyond the Great River For thousands of years, the North American plains thundered with the hooves of bison. By the late 1800's the bison count went from millions to near extinction. With outstanding cinematography together with rare archival footage this DVD tells us the success story of the wood bison: the largest mammal in North America. Watch the herd master meet all contenders head on in mating battles; learn their aggressive displays of dominance; meet their predators - large packs of wolves; and see playful calves run and buck hours after birth. Here, beyond the great Mackenzie River, the bison are safe. Their return to the boreal forests is a success story of wildlife management and restoration that benefit both bison and human populations.
Wild Encounters, Volume 2 50 minutes; DVD in English/French/Spanish for Region 1 players (United States, Canada), Closed Captioned. $89
Tale of the Beaver IWFF-Merit Award for Presentation of Ecosystem Relationship World champion wood chopper, wilderness engineer and mammal of myth and legend, the beaver has intrigued human observers and influenced history in a manner unequaled in the animal kingdom. Share the magic of spring breakup as the water loving species crowd the open water. Follow beavers overland and underwater through the seasons. Discover their hidden lives through rare footage inside a beaver lodge. Tale of the Beaver celebrates the labor as well as the humorous moments of beavers shaping and maintaining their wilderness oases - and their tremendous success in returning from the brink of extinction.
Moose: Antlered Giant A twig snaps, cracking the autumn silence of the forest. A large bull moose makes its way through the trees only to find an adversary ready for battle. The largest members of the deer family, moose roam the wooded regions of the North. These majestic beasts epitomize the adaptations and strength needed for life in a climate of extremes, and survival in the presence of predators.
Wild Encounters, Volume 3 50 minutes; DVD in English/French/Spanish for Region 1 players (United States, Canada), Closed Captioned. $89
Wolves & Wapiti This is the fascinating saga of the return of wolves to Yellowstone and Jasper National Parks. The film details how they interact with the wapiti, and how their wild lives are influenced by people who visit the park. Follow wolves on the hunt in the deep snows of winter, and marvel at the clever ways in which the wary wapiti protect their calves. The age-old drama between prey and predator unfolds in the scenic splendor of the Rocky Mountains, where the lives of numerous other creatures are intertwined with wolves and wapiti.
Caribou: Ghost of the North The thunder of a thousand hooves echoes across the tundra. Caribou, the only deer truly suited for life in the North, are on the move to their wintering grounds. From the tiny Peary caribou in the High Arctic to the secretive woodland caribou of the boreal forest, the different races carry out their centuries old traditions. What they all share is the need for wild, undisturbed spaces.
Wild Encounters, Volume 4 50 minutes; DVD in English/French/Spanish for Region 1 players (United States, Canada), Closed Captioned. $89
Wild Encounters - All Four DVDs (for a savings of $57!) 200 minutes; DVDs in English/French/Spanish for Region 1 players (United States, Canada), Closed Captioned. Volume 1: Grizzly Bear and Dall Sheep Volume 2: Cougar and Bison Volume 3: Beaver and Moose Volume 4: Wolves and Caribou $299
